It’s true: over the past 6 months I have become quite obsessed with “The Good Wife”, making me both late to the party and also in some sense early as I contend it started blowing up even harder after I started talking about it non-stop.

For awhile I’d end my talks at our weekly all-hands with the phrase “Good Wife me out, please” as the TGW theme song faded in, which was kind of funny / weird.

If you ever find yourself wondering “should I bring this up?” the answer is yes!

In some sense you have no choice – if you’re feeling some type of way about someone, it’s going to come out somehow, whether you bring it up directly or just act a little off to that person. So.. bring it up directly!

I’m a good engineer for sure, but I don’t identify as a “programming whiz” – it’s not like I’ve been programming since I was 11 or whatever; I started when I was 23. And even then it took a ton of work to get good!

Point being: grit and passion are way more important than talent! You don’t have to be a “programming whiz” to build cool stuff!